Hmm.. any one know if meego will be completely open source?. Or is it too early to know for sure at this point.
-- Samir Faci On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Joseph Charpak <josephchar...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 12:37 -0500, Samir Faci (Dev) wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone has gone through the process of building the >> entire maemo >> operating system from source and if this has been documented anywhere? >> >> Basically, I'm looking for something that allows me to build the >> entire thing, make minor modifications... and be able >> to re-flash it to my phone. N900 or similar architecture. > > Not possible as maemo is not 100% open source and parts of the SDK are > distributed only as binaries. Also the system doesn't tend to respond > well to certain packages being updated outside of Nokia firmware > updates. > > Other parts of the system are open however and it may be possible to > update them without causing problems due to future firmware updates. > > Learn more about programming for N900 at > http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide > > and specific instructions on how to install the SDK in particular at > > http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo5_Final_Installation > > Joseph Charpak > josephchar...@comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-developers mailing list > maemo-developers@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers > -- -- Samir Faci *insert title* fortune | cowsay -f /usr/share/cows/tux.cow _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
